So I'm looking to buy this phone and heard a lot of good things. I own an evo 3d currently and looking to upgrade. One thing I wondered is when the phone freezes/locks up really bad how would you reboot it? Now I know there is a button combo, power+volume up and down resets it but there have been times where the only way is a battery pull to get the phone to boot up and the button combo wouldn't work. I try a lot of custom kernels and sometimes run into these situations. I would love it if someone could shed some light on this as this is a big factor for me buying the phone, thanks.
If you hold down the power button for about 10 seconds it functions as a battery pull
It works on the EVO LTE because its made too...vol down and power for 20
Seconds is the equivalent of a battery pull on this phone.
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This completely shuts it off correct? Or does it just restart
Total power down. HTC definitely paid attention to user feedback, regarding what could be improved upon with the Evo 4G, as the LTE is a huge step forward, in my opinion. I'm not impressed easily, but the HTC Evo 4G LTE easily impressed me.
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For the record, I've rooted and am running Char ROM, and have not had hit a scenario where I would have typically had to pull the battery.
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Thank you for the info everyone, I really appreciate it
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Yep, I dropped my EVO 4G taking it out of my pocked in a parking lot today, and the screen is cracked to he!!. Need to decide whether to get another EVO 4G or move to the EVO 3D.
I like the idea of the better quality screen and faster processor in the 3D, but from reading some if the "issues" threads here and elsewhere, not looking for a new device that will randomly reboot, have worse reception, overheat faster (it's flipping hot here in Houston!), etc. The lack of a kickstand and where they place the charging port seems like a huge fail as well.
I don't root or anything like that. This is a work phone and to be honest, I don't have the time to mess with rooting and stuff. I just need it to work right out of the box. I have a 16GB micro SD card that I will use for storing pictures, music, etc. I currently use the Sprint extended battery (2600 mAh) in my EVO 4G and get through a normal day with 35-40% left. Not sure if I will need an extended battery with the 3D?
Anyway, for those of you that came from the EVO 4G, was it worthwhile?
Thanks!
Jason
Well the only deciding factor is whether or not you want HTC Sense 3.0. Yes the phone is faster and such but if you don't root your phone you won't truly take advantage of all it has to offer.
My advice is to go to the sprint store and try out their in-store demo and see for yourself if you want to upgrade.
I personally have the EVO 4G and the EVO 3D and they are both great devices, the EVO 3D just improves on the 4G tremendously.
its a worthy upgrade. do it
also keep in mind that the galaxy s2 is coming to sprint soon. another bad ass smartphone. they say within the next month or two.
but why wait.
id pull the plug if i were u im really starting to love this phone
I broke the screen on my og evo and after bictching at sprint for not repairing it I got an upgrade early so I sold my evo 4G plus extended battery for 160$ (with broken screen) I pay 55$ out my pocket and i'm a happy camper, and besides sometimes the camera app getting freeze after opening vertically, everything else works the same, you will need a second battery if you use it the much but this one does have a longer battery life tho so is up to you, the one the seido came out is ugly as hell so im waiting to see if htc gets a nice one like the one they did for the thunderbolt (really like the phone when had it btw)
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
Just went by my local Sprint store to take a look at the 3D. Good news is that the 3D will still fit in my universal car cradle. I was worried that the charing port would be covered by the left side of the cradle, but the port is high enough up on the side to clear.
I use this universal car cradle, BTW:
http://www.amazon.com/Arkon-SM410-Universal-Windshield-Smartphones/dp/B003ELOOZO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312321220&sr=8-1
Though a little weary of the stock battery life, I told my IT guy to get me the 3D. Hopefully it gets drop-shipped to my office in the next 48 hours. I will be the first in my company to use it for business, so hopefully it works just like the 4G does (synching with Outlook e-mail, calendar, contacts).
Thanks for the quick replies!
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Just went by my local Sprint store to take a look at the 3D. Good news is that the 3D will still fit in my universal car cradle. I was worried that the charing port would be covered by the left side of the cradle, but the port is high enough up on the side to clear.
I use this universal car cradle, BTW:
http://www.amazon.com/Arkon-SM410-U...OOZO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312321220&sr=8-1
Though a little weary of the stock battery life, I told my IT guy to get me the 3D. Hopefully it gets drop-shipped to my office in the next 48 hours. I will be the first in my company to use it for business, so hopefully it works just like the 4G does (synching with Outlook e-mail, calendar, contacts).
Thanks for the quick replies!
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Don't worry you will be a happy customer, if you love the 4g then the 3D will blow your mind. Dual core goodness all the way.
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Darkmx2000 said:
Don't worry you will be a happy customer, if you love the 4g then the 3D will blow your mind. Dual core goodness all the way.
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I hope you're right. I really like my EVO 4G. No major bugs for me with that device running 100% stock from Sprint. A little nervous about the 3D. Hoping I didn't make a bad choice.
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I hope you're right. I really like my EVO 4G. No major bugs for me with that device running 100% stock from Sprint. A little nervous about the 3D. Hoping I didn't make a bad choice.
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You will be good let us know what you think about it after you play with it
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
You mean step down to the Evo 3D? IMO you should get the HTC Vogue...
Golf Nut said:
Yep, I dropped my EVO 4G taking it out of my pocked in a parking lot today, and the screen is cracked to he!!. Need to decide whether to get another EVO 4G or move to the EVO 3D.
I like the idea of the better quality screen and faster processor in the 3D, but from reading some if the "issues" threads here and elsewhere, not looking for a new device that will randomly reboot, have worse reception, overheat faster (it's flipping hot here in Houston!), etc. The lack of a kickstand and where they place the charging port seems like a huge fail as well.
I don't root or anything like that. This is a work phone and to be honest, I don't have the time to mess with rooting and stuff. I just need it to work right out of the box. I have a 16GB micro SD card that I will use for storing pictures, music, etc. I currently use the Sprint extended battery (2600 mAh) in my EVO 4G and get through a normal day with 35-40% left. Not sure if I will need an extended battery with the 3D?
Anyway, for those of you that came from the EVO 4G, was it worthwhile?
Thanks!
Jason
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I'd say upgrade. I had the Evo 4G since it was released and then got the Evo 3D the day it was released, haven't looked back. I haven't had a single random reboot since I purchased my 3D. I haven't noticed any problems with my reception here in Kansas City, Missouri, at least no different than my Evo 4G.
As for the overheating, I've not had a single problem with this either, and it was 109 here in KC. I think HTC got rid of the kick stand because it was taking up precious battery room. If it's that big of a deal to you you can always go for the seidio active case that has a built in kickstand.
The stock Evo 3D battery seemed to out perform my Evo 4G battery as well, however I'm now using the seidio 4000mHa super extended battery and my phone will last two days with constant use.
I absolutely love the EVO 3D. It fixed many of my little issues I had with my EVO4g. The only thing that doesn't work right for me is the BlueTooth hook up to my car stereo.
EVO 4g auto hooked up everytime i started the car. never failed. (2011 Subaru STi stock radio)
EVO 3D I have to turn off the bluetooth, re-enable and then pair manually. Sometimes it pairs completely.. sometimes it pairs with only the media portion so I only get music and not phone capabilities.
Other than that, Its a great upgrade.
I know lots of users are experiencing overheating. I'm just wondering if it's all or just a select few of the phones. My phone has been perfect aside from the overheating. No sounds screen or pink button issues. I'm debating whether to call amazon and order a replacement. I'd hate to get one back that has more problems than the one have.
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its part of having a 4G phone. the radio's to blame. same thing happened with the Thunderbolt, Charge & even heard of people with Bionic's having the same issue.
So getting to 117° in 15 min of play is normal?
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This was on wifi toomy 4g is off
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You can add these cheap HTC batteries to the overheating problems.
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I'm running 103.5 in a strong 4g area.
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The only time i over-heat is when using the MHL adapter. Havn't tried playing 3d intensive games for longer than 10 minutes, so not sure about that (i'll try later tonight, they won't let me play at work).
Might be that the screen is on too long at high brightness rather than just the processor taking in to many inputs? Or it might be the 4g, cause I was streaming movies when watching on the MHL... it'd be nice to know what people are doing that makes there phones overheat so we can analyze more results.
Never had an overheat on my rezound. I run wifi daily all during work. usually only streaming pandora or gmusic over wifi. netflix on some days but never gets hot. mostly on wifi so not sure about 4G.
With the 4g network down in Chicago yesterday I was plugged into a wall outlet and streaming through a radio feed via dolphin and my phone wasn't overheating in 2g. Coincidence? I think not lol. Will be testing my replacement rezound starting today we will see how this one goes.
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Ditto, mine runs on wi-fi at work and at home but has never run hot charging or on 4G when out and about.
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Mine overheats after continuos anything. Always on 4g. It's been to 140.1 before and is reguraly above 120.
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Mine was heating up to just below 120. I contacted our rep who offered to switch it out. I told him I'd be happy to just try a different battery, but he said he'd rather switch out the whole thing. 3 days later I have another new Rezound. So far, no heat issues. (Knocking on wood.)
Is the the battery itself or the phone. I got my replacement phone today but has pink buttons so. I'd rather just swap batteries
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Try the new battery for a couple of days and see. VZW should not get mad if you mail one of the phones back monday.
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My new phone works fine. Yay.
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jbh00jh said:
Try the new battery for a couple of days and see. VZW should not get mad if you mail one of the phones back monday.
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its through amazon wireless and they give me 30 days from the shipping date to return. They also did overnight delivery for the nes one which was awesome.
anyways I just played a game that over heated my phone to 115 then I stop pulled the battery. I'm waiting a half hour or so so my phone cools down then I'll do the same game with the nee battery and we'll see how that goes. If it over heats I'll repeat the process in the new phone. Sure hope its just the battery
Are you in an area that gets a good data signal? When I was in an area where the phone was working hard to keep the 4G signal,it would warm up.
(My Thunderbolt).
jbh00jh said:
Are you in an area that gets a good data signal? When I was in an area where the phone was working hard to keep the 4G signal,it would warm up.
(My Thunderbolt).
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I have good signal but the 4g is irrelevant to my overheating. I turn it off. Clear all apps. Start the game (little war game or whatever) and it gets over 110 degrees atleast after ten minutes.
original phone overheated both batteries. Testing new phone now
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I have good signal but the 4g is irrelevant to my overheating. I turn it off. Clear all apps. Start the game (little war game or whatever) and it gets over 110 degrees atleast after ten minutes.
original phone overheated both batteries. Testing new phone now
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Good luck.
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I bought a $20 USB powered fan from "Worst Buy" it actually kicks ass
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Am I the only one impressed by the new standard Motorola has done with the Razor Maxx? I don't necessarily like the unremovable back but for a 3000+ mah battery I think its a small sacrifice lol. I used to have a 3000mah extended battery on my og evo and it made the phone huge! I really hope other companies can expand on battery technology and improved SOC. I would love to see 2012 be the year of 24 hour battery life be something normal.
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Am I the only one impressed by the new standard Motorola has done with the Razor Maxx? I don't necessarily like the unremovable back but for a 3000+ mah battery I think its a small sacrifice lol. I used to have a 3000mah extended battery on my og evo and it made the phone huge! I really hope other companies can expand on battery technology and improved SOC. I would love to see 2012 be the year of 24 hour battery life be something normal.
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That kinda sucks if you could swap out the battery be nice. Would blow to have a shot battery and couldn't pull it.
reaper24 said:
That kinda sucks if you could swap out the battery be nice. Would blow to have a shot battery and couldn't pull it.
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Lol or getting stuck in a bootloop and having to wait for the phone to die!
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Un removeable battery is no no imo. Too many issues could arise. They better watch out or Apple will sue them
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Yeahhh, that would be pretty lame not being able to do battery pulls, especially if you are into experimenting with develpment stuff... Being stuck in a bootloop sounds horrible.
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I agree, I think more manufacturers should be going this route as my biggest complaint is battery life. But like others said, unremovable battery is a deal breaker. There's been too many times that I had to pull the battery when either my phone completely froze, wouldn't boot past the splash screen, or got stuck in a boot loop.
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So I guess none of you know you can hold power + vol up + vol down for 4 or 5 seconds and the phone does an instant force restart no matter what? It is built into the hardware, much like holding the power button on a PC that is frozen for 4 seconds does a force shutoff. You dont need to pull a battery for any reason
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So I guess none of you know you can hold power + vol up + vol down for 4 or 5 seconds and the phone does an instant force restart no matter what? It is built into the hardware, much like holding the power button on a PC that is frozen for 4 seconds does a force shutoff. You dont need to pull a battery for any reason
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I always try to do this but never end up working for me.
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EniGmA1987 said:
So I guess none of you know you can hold power + vol up + vol down for 4 or 5 seconds and the phone does an instant force restart no matter what? It is built into the hardware, much like holding the power button on a PC that is frozen for 4 seconds does a force shutoff. You dont need to pull a battery for any reason
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This is what I do every time. It works if you can get it once it gets easier. Unfortunately I don't think removable 3000+ mah batteries are in the near future. I'm not sure about anybody else but can you imagine a quad core 20+ hour battery life phone? Now that's the technology I'm looking for. Once more people focus more on battery technology a truly 'perfect' phone will be in reach
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Well if you're going to develop, you'd have ADB with you and should be able to easily reboot the phone into recovery or whatever through there. 3000mah batteries built into the case but still remove the case is a good idea. We've, however, gotten out as much as we could from li-ion so it's really time for a new type of battery.
EniGmA1987 said:
So I guess none of you know you can hold power + vol up + vol down for 4 or 5 seconds and the phone does an instant force restart no matter what? It is built into the hardware, much like holding the power button on a PC that is frozen for 4 seconds does a force shutoff. You dont need to pull a battery for any reason
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Can you get into recovery by doing this?
I wasn't able to get into the bootloader using the all hardware key reboot, it does reboot the phone though lol. Im on a CDMA HW 002 Evo 3d
yousefak said:
Well if you're going to develop, you'd have ADB with you and should be able to easily reboot the phone into recovery or whatever through there. 3000mah batteries built into the case but still remove the case is a good idea. We've, however, gotten out as much as we could from li-ion so it's really time for a new type of battery.
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Not so.... http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/researchers-increase-charging-capacity-speed-of-lithium-ion-bat/
I'd take it. 3 finger salute can always save you from a freeze or bootloop
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with the og evo 4g when the phone was charging, from time to time the touch screen would bug out and get mildly unresponsive and make your screen jump everywhere. does this phone also suffer from this problem?
im going to get one when my contracts up regardless, im just curious since i can't get it till november...
hey oldschool lol nope. This does not suffer from that issue. I'm typing while plugged in right now, and everything is smooth and dead accurate.
See ya here soon.
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I used to have that same problem with both my OG EVO and EVO 3D, but then I found out it was the charger/cord I was using. Apparently it was not pushing enough power into the phone. Once I got a new charger I didn't have that problem again.
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Hello,
So my T-Mobile HTC One has two problems.
Firstly, while restarting the two buttons at the bottom will keep flickering for about five minutes before the phone turns on.
Secondly, the phone's 3g connection (while abroad) keeps going on and off. This doesn't happen on any other device. Also, the battery life has really gone down recently.
What are my options for this getting replaced for a new phone and not one of their replacement phones? Last time, I had the HTC Incredible and went through like 6 replacement phones.
Thanks,
Crazysah
First off when you hold the power button the lights will flash and then it will power off.
That's just how the phone works.
The battery life sometimes can take a day or so to adjust. Mines is pretty good.
And on the 3g I wouldn't know since I get 4g or 4g lte 99% of the time and the other time it's just bars and edge data
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No no. When turning on the phone, the two capacitive buttons on the button will flicker for a good 3 to 4 minutes before the phone turns on. Never used to happen.
The battery has been going down ever since I started using this phone in May.
3G going in and out only happens abroad, not in the USA.
3g is probably network related if it only happens abroad.
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3g is probably network related if it only happens abroad.
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Yeah but doesn't happen on any other phone. So it is definitely a phone problem. What can I do?
Crazysah
I had the Purple tint issue with my first HTC One, and just got my replacement. The camera is definitely way better, no purple tint whatsoever, build quality is better than my first device, no gaps and the power/sleep button is not excessively recessed. But, I do notice the screen of replacement device, the second HTC One, is yellowish compared to my first HTC One. I have been on the fence if I should contact T-mobile, but sorta do not feel the need to go through the process of unlocking, unrooting, s-off, cid, firmware update and running a custom rom.